Solving Life's Next Chapter Podcast - Cutting Edge Information for Your Powerful Senior Years
Remember college shopping with your kids to find the best school for them?
Or, the other milestone of getting married and you had to find the place for your wedding and all the accoutrements?
Navigating the unknown is tricky, at first. So knowing the issues and milestones as you age and how to make good choices to address them for your aging parents or even for yourself is critical.
Have you shared how you want you want your golden years to look with your family? Does your family know what you want to happen when you are no longer here?
Do they know your wishes about your health care so they can help you in the best way possible if you are unable to tell them when that time comes?
What about your plans for living when you can no longer live alone?
Knowing these personal choices and the answers to these questions is a guessing game. Plus, just like paying for your dream wedding was a concern, so is paying for in-home help as you age. And moving to a home that offers assistance on the campus such as an assisted living community can also be pricy. What's involved in downsizing to a smaller home so that you can liquidate some equity to help pay for future services, such as caregivers? Or what kind of plan is needed to manage daily life if a family member receives a dementia diagnosis?
Did you know there are dozens of ways to answer these questions? There are!
But, which are YOUR best answers? Few of us ever thinks about managing aging issues, but the truth is, it happens to every person in every walk of life, every single day. There are 60,000 baby boomers turning 65 EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Listen to our Solving Life's Next Chapter Podcast and get to know me and my vetted, friendly guests who have answers we all need and ideas we can weigh as we age or as we help our parents age.
Let's Solve YOUR Life's Next Chapter together!
Solving Life's Next Chapter Podcast - Cutting Edge Information for Your Powerful Senior Years
Indigenous Health
In today's podcast, “Solving Life’s Next Chapter” we speak to Dr.Vahan Setyan, the first Non-Native American in US history appointed tribal official within the Navajo Nation on Healthcare and economic development. Dr. Vahan Setyan works with state officials, congressmen, senators, and tribal leaders across the country on improving horrific conditions and critical issues within the Native American Communities.
Dr. Vahan Setyan, MS, PhD brings to the podcast a friend and colleague, Cano Sanchez, a tribal member of the Oglala Lakota tribe of South Dakota. Mr. Sanchez is a direct descendant of Crazy Horse, former advisor to the Obama administration on Native Affair's, and whose Mother was the same for the Clinton administration.
In this podcast, we tackle issues that unfortunately are not usually talked about outside of the Native American communities. Native American communities have been very private and have a lot of culture within their communities. Economic challenges and poor living conditions have caused many Native Americans to live in these conditions. When communities do not have jobs, hope, purpose, or education for their communities, generations stay the same.
Mr. Sanchez discusses the myths about Native American communities being given money (and getting rich) from the Federal Government and casinos. Many of the tribes with gaming are not making the profits that many folks think they are, as gaming is very costly to run and many of these casinos are just breaking even.
There are very few tribes that are generating enough income for their economic development, but one of those successful tribes are the Salt River Pima. The Salt River Pima tribe has had the foresight to develop and maintain the resources from gaming and land development to help their families. Dr. Vahan explains that this tribe has the resources that many do not. We need to take those ideas to other tribes to help them develop their own infrastructure, educate their children, and help facilitate jobs and resources. Without resources on these tribal lands, many of our Younger Native American families are choosing to leave the tribal lands, this has become an issue for the economic development and the traditions since as many as 80% of youth are leaving.
Another large population of Native Americans are Veterans. Many of our Veterans within our tribes live in horrific conditions and experience issues such as homelessness, lack of running water, and untreated mental health issues that need to be addressed. These men and women fought for our country and yet they do not have the resources needed.
There is hope for the future, as Dr. Vahan explains, NOW is the time for both private and public sectors to help our tribal communities develop and grow. Helping our youngest native Americans by educating and developing them, we can work together for a better future and create better healthcare for all Americans, including our Native American families.
If someone wants to help NOW, one way would be to donate to Operation Peace Project. Operation Peace Project is a 501(c)(3) Utilizing Music, Arts, Entertainment and Media to bolster the awareness and prevention of Suicide, working to instill Healthcare reform and economic development in urban and tribal communities across the United States and Canada. For more information ple
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